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Figure 2—Illustration of fire-dependent systems with prescribed fire and without fire. Frequent use of prescribed fire can help maintain a fire-dependent system (A–C), whereas long-term removal of fire from the landscape can result in significant changes in the microclimate and plant community (D).

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Kailey Marcinkowski

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Figure 2—Illustration of fire-dependent systems with prescribed fire and without fire. Frequent use of prescribed fire can help maintain a fire-dependent system (A–C), whereas long-term removal of fire from the landscape can result in significant changes in th

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Soil Cycle

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Graphic showing soil carbon pools and fluxes. The graphic has four panels: pools, inputs, internal cycling, and outputs. The pools panel shows depictions of particulate organic matter, dissolved organic matter, and mineral associated organic matter. The inputs panel shows arrow depicting how carbon flows into particulate organic matter, dissolved organic matter, and mineral associated organic matter. The internal cycling panel shows arrows that depict how carbon moves between the organic matters. The output

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Kailey Marcinkowski

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Figure 1—Illustration of soil carbon pools and fluxes. Three soil carbon pools are shown, including dissolved organic matter (DOM), particulate organic matter (POM), and mineral associated organic matter (MAOM), with relative turnover represented by differen

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Fire Nowak

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A map of the Midwest and Northeastern regions of the United States with percentages of trees adapted to fire colored from green (starting at 0%) to yellow (50%) to red (100%).

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Kailey Marcinkowski

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Figure 1—Map of the part of the Midwest and Northeast U.S. where data have been compiled to estimate the percentage of trees that are pyrophilic, or adapted to fire. A gradient from low pyrophilic percentage (green) to high pyrophilic percentage (red)

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Fire ABsolute

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An image showing two horizontal bar graphs comparing forests and grasslands for relative carbon pool size and absolutely carbon pool size.

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Kailey Marcinkowski

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Figure 3—Comparison of relative and absolute carbon pool sizes between forest and grassland ecosystems. Pool sizes are estimates based on regional data from Jackson et al. 1996, Liu et al. 2012, Woodall et al. 2013, and Domke et al. 2016. Exact pool sizes va

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Fire Relative

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An image showing two horizontal bar graphs comparing forests and grasslands for relative carbon pool size and absolutely carbon pool size.

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Kailey Marcinkowski

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Figure 3—Comparison of relative and absolute carbon pool sizes between forest and grassland ecosystems. Pool sizes are estimates based on regional data from Jackson et al. 1996, Liu et al. 2012, Woodall et al. 2013, and Domke et al. 2016. Exact pool sizes va

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Fire Effects

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Graphic image with 4 separate panels depicting A) characteristics of fire-dependent systems, B) immediate effects of prescribed fire, C) near-term effects of prescribed fire, and D) without fire. Panel A shows trees icon images with canopy gaps that create areas of partial and full sun, fire-tolerate trees, shrubs, and ground cover images, and some downed woody biomass images. Panel B shows the same image as Panel A, except it is on fire with the combustion of primarily non-woody biomass, litter layer, and

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Kailey Marcinkowski

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Figure 2—Illustration of fire-dependent systems with prescribed fire and without fire. Frequent use of prescribed fire can help maintain a fire-dependent system (A–C), whereas long-term removal of fire from the landscape can result in significant changes in

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